Best of the Northwest (3/4/05)

The Idaho Statesman provides a gallery of photos from the meeting this morning in which the Senate Ethics Committee voted to censure state Sen. Jack Noble , R-Kuna (pictured above). In one, Noble greets state Sen. Michael Jorgenson , R-Hayden Lake, prior to the meeting here .

1. Both David Horsey /PI and Eric Devericks /Seattle Times had Alan Greenspan on the mind today here and here .

2. BNSF Railway has expanded its search for leaks at its closed refueling depot, according to the Coeur d’Alene Press, here .

3. In a letter to the Kootenai Valley News Press, Katy Studer of Bonners Ferry describes how she became a member of the Army National Guard and is now stationed in Iraq here .

4. Randy Day , the longtime Boundary County prosecutor who was involved in the Ruby Ridge case, is remembered by his daughter in a tribute posted in Rural Northwest News here .

5. Missoulian Doug Ammons has paid a heavy price for kayaking rivers around the world and trying to do it all at home here .

6. IMHO-NW: Collin Levey /Seattle Times ( Emily’s List & soft money ), Martin Boston /Daily Evergreen ( Racism at WSU ), Idaho Statesman ( Kempthorne should try incentives bill again ), Susan Paynter /PI ( News anchor discusses her rape ), and Jim Moore /PI ( Safeco beer prices ).

*Daily Evergreen version of WSU’s big win over Stanford last night (notice Robbie Cowgill , one of the frosh involved in that harassment flap on campus, led the way with 15 points) here .

*Sandpoint Online has more beautiful scenics posted, including one of a moose cow and her calf by Linda and Les Rice , here .

*You can find the Bonner County police log here .

* Dennis Nicholls , former publisher of The River Journal, talks about his addiction to pornography with current publisher Trish Gannon (you’ll need to click on the specific story) here .